Pubdate: Tue, 23 May 2006 Source: Abbotsford Times (CN BC) Copyright: 2006 The Abbotsford Times Contact: http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1009 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n632/a09.html Author: Russell Barth Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmjcn.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal - Canada) WHITE DOESN'T GET THE DRUG ISSUE EDITOR, THE TIMES: RE: Randy White calls for moratorium on drug strategy: It is no wonder many so people consider Randy White an ideologue and a zealot. By his own words and actions he has demonstrated that he favours drug prohibition. For those still unclear, drug prohibition is a government policy that subsidizes organized crime by making certain drugs illegal. This policy makes those drugs easier for kids to access that alcohol or tobacco and increases gun and property crime. It is also a policy that treats a person with a medical condition as a criminal, fills our jails to overflowing, is hugely expensive, discriminatory, and completely ineffective. But then, White and his other Tory accomplices have this twisted vision of a "drug-free society," which realistically is impossible, naive and absurd. Drugs of one kind or another have been with man since before recorded history - and will still be here after we are all long gone. Unfortunately for the rest of us, the Tories have already made up their minds, and are completely unconcerned with "facts." I supposes this is what happens to a person when they adopt a drug policy on the advice of Tom Cruise. Russell Barth Federal Medical Marijuana Licence Holder, Ottawa - --- MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman